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.Dd July 3, 2006
.Os
.Dt ELF_RAWFILE 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm elf_rawfile
.Nd return uninterpreted contents of an ELF file
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libelf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libelf.h
.Ft char *
.Fn elf_rawfile "Elf *elf" "size_t *sz"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Function
.Fn elf_rawfile
returns the uninterpreted contents of the file referenced by ELF descriptor
.Ar elf .
.Pp
If argument
.Ar sz
is non-null, the function stores the file's size in bytes
in the location to which it points.
A value of zero is written to this location if an error is
encountered.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Function
.Fn elf_rawfile
returns a valid pointer if successful or NULL if an error occurs.
.Sh ERRORS
Function
.Fn elf_rawfile
may fail with the following errors:
.Bl -tag -width "[ELF_E_RESOURCE]"
.It Bq Er ELF_E_ARGUMENT
Argument
.Ar elf
was NULL.
.It Bq Er ELF_E_SEQUENCE
Argument
.Ar elf
was opened for writing and function
.Fn elf_rawfile
was invoked before
.Xr elf_update 3 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr elf 3 ,
.Xr elf_getdata 3 ,
.Xr elf_getident 3 ,
.Xr elf_kind 3 ,
.Xr elf_update 3
